THE Quezon City government unveiled on Friday a 14-foot monument of the late Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. near his home in the city to mark his 77th birth anniversary, Aquino’s son, Sen. and Liberal Party standard-bearer Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, and city officials led by Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. were at the unveiling of
GOVERNMENT investigators are poised to file multiple murder charges against Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. in connection with the killing of 57 people, including 29 journalists, in Monday’s carnage in Maguindanao. Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said Friday that state prosecutors have turned up evidence to initially charge Ampatuan with the death of seven victims
STUDENTS from various Metro Manila schools marched the streets of the capital Thursday to condemn what is now dubbed as the “Ampatuan massacre” in Maguindanao which left at least 57 civilians, including journalists, dead. VERA Files photojournalist Mario Ignacio caught the group on Espana Avenue. His photos:
By AVIGAIL OLARTE AS grief sweeps the country, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines declared Nov. 25 the National Day of Indignation in protest against the “inhumane and horrific” massacre in Maguindanao. “We expect nothing less from this government than the swift apprehension and punishment of everyone involved in this gruesome assault on
POLICE, Army and civilian teams recovered on Wednesday 11 bodies in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao, raising the death toll in Monday’s pre-election carnage to 57. Three vehicles were also recovered Wednesday. Mindanews photojournalist Froilan Gallardo was at the site of massacre and shares his photos with VERA Files:
CHANTING and holding up placards that read “I am moral,” gay party-list advocates on Wednesday staged a protest rally at the Commission on Elections and asked the poll body to reconsider its ruling rejecting Ang Ladlad’s bid to be accredited as a party-list group representing lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders. The Comelec had disqualified Ang
THE death anniversary of former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. is no longer just about the man who was shot down at the airport tarmac on his return to the country 26 years ago. With his widow, former President Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino, now with him, Aug. 21 is about two democracy icons. For the
SEVERAL National Artists on Friday joined the “necrological service” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and “funeral march” to the National Commission on Culture and the Arts to mark the “death” of the National Artists Awards. The artists were protesting Malacanang’s decision to add four individuals and drop composer Ramon Santos from the original
BY the time former President Corazon Aquino’s remains arrived at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque last night, the rain had stopped, the ground was dry, and a hazy moon had risen in the sky. The honor guard had been waiting for hours beside the caisson that was to take her to her final resting
THE spirit of “Laban,” the movement led by former Sen. Benigno S. Aquino Jr. against the Marcos dictatorship and pursued by his widow, Corazon Aquino, after his assassination in 1983, came alive again yesterday during the funeral procession and the interment of Mrs. Aquino. Mario Ignacio’s photos of the festive street scenes in black and